Mentoring Next Generation Women: Re-igniting Intergenerational Relationships

October 26 – November 1, 2022     Kansas City, MO at Avant Ministries      

Registration Closed: FULL – Check back in 2023!

hosted by: Avant Ministries in Kansas City, MO
facilitated by: Wendy Wilson (WDT/Missio Nexus) and Jenny Baker (SEND)

Invest in a week of personal refreshment and ministry renewal in a beautiful setting with like-minded peers! Limited places available – first come, first serve. . .

This development experience will help you build confidence and skills around clarity in reaching toward other-generational women as mentors or mentees, and strengthen your ability to step into the opportunities God is putting before you!  Invest now in a relational learning experience with peers, in a lovely setting for renewal and growth!  Learning is done in interactive peer-groups, guided by experienced mentors, with a maximum of 12 women in each group. First come, first serve! 

(Other Module groups also meeting during this week:  Discovering My Design and Personal Mission – see Module Descriptions for more information.)

Designed by Dr Barbara Neumann, Dallas Seminary.   Do you feel a bit intimidated, frustrated, or just baffled in relationships with women around you who were raised in a different generational culture? Jesus set in motion the essential Christian tradition of disciplepship – passing on vibrant faith relationally, from one generation to the next. Young women today clamor for mentors/disciplers who will accept and guide them, but too often the older women that have so much to offer them wrestle with a lack of confidence. How can we build bridges of understanding and connection between generations so that we preserve the rich resource of women-to-women relationships as we move toward each other? We’ll consider influential distinctives of the Boomer to Millennial generations and explore encouraging pathways between them. We’ll explore generational values and perspectives on key issues such as God, spirituality, church, relationships, commitment, sexuality and morality, fears and hopes, the impact of technology and globalization. And we’ll explore the roles and desires of both mentors and mentees, discerning needs and commonalities, types of mentoring relationships, common mentoring mistakes, and how to create the nourishing relationships that busy women want to make time for! Some advance preparation.

For more description on this module, go to www.WomensDevelopmentTrack.com/module-descriptions/

Course Schedule:

Begin Wednesday evening, October 26, with introductions/overview and dinner at 5pm, then introductory session following. End Monday evening, October 31, at 7pm (registration includes your room for this night, assuming Nov 1 departures.) 9:00 am – 6:00 pm daily (including worship, personal reflection time, group instruction and interaction, plus several breaks and a long lunch with evenings free.)

We will enjoy an extended worship time together on the first morning to ease into our week, and a Free Afternoon half way through the week to enjoy the area and have some fun/relaxation.

To best protect an undistracted experience we ask that, even if you are staying elsewhere, you stay fully engaged with your group all day from breakfast through dinner.

Registration:

Contact for this event at Avant:  Janice Stuck  janice.stuck@avmi.org

Confirmation:

We will confirm your reservation when we receive your registration form and payment (places cannot be confirmed until payment is received) – please register soon to assure your place. Before you book your travel, please wait until you hear from us to affirm a full group for your module. 

Refund Policy:

Cancellations will be refunded except for $150.

Arrivals/Departures: 

If you are flying from out of the area please fly into Kansas City, MO (MCI) by Wednesday afternoon, Oct 26, no later than 4pm, so our scheduled start at 5pm is protected. Flight departures anytime Tuesday, Nov 1, (breakfast included). Thanks for arranging your arrival/departure times so that you will be present from beginning to end, not arriving late/leaving early. It takes about 30 minutes to get from the airport to the guest facility and we will arrange the Avant shuttle for you.

If you are driving to Avant, please plan to be there by 4 pm on Wednesday, Oct 26, to get checked in and settled before our training time begins.

Location: 

Avant Ministries
10000 N Oak Trafficway
Kansas City MO 64155
816.479.1892

Contact for this event at Avant:  Janice Stuck  janice.stuck@avmi.org

Other Follow-up:

After we receive your registration you will receive a number of emails over the following weeks about any advance preparation, getting your travel information, and opportunities for interaction with your peer-mentors as our time grows near!

Questions about the experience?

Call or email Wendy Wilson,  208/665-2367,    wendy@womensdevelopmenttrack.com

Looking forward to having this time together!